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Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

WEDGE Capital Management LLP (WEDGE) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Founded in 1984, the firm provides portfolio management services to institutional investors as well as high net-worth individuals. WEDGE also provides non-discretionary advisory services to a Unified Managed Accounts (UMA) Program sponsored by a brokerage firm.

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a diversified holding company. RJA offers a full array of capital markets services, strategic advice and planning for institutional investors.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

MDO Holdings LLC (MDO Holdings) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Michael D. Olander Jr. The firm is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.

BB&T Securities LLC, doing business as BB&T Capital Markets, is the broker/dealer subsidiary of BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT). The firm is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. They offer a full array of investment, trading and execution services to middle-market companies. BB&T Capital Markets' sales and trading arm is comprised of 2 groups: Debt Securities Sales & Trading and Equity Sales & Trading. The Debt Securities Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) Government and agency securities (2) corporate bonds (3) municipal bonds (4) asset-backed securities (5) mortgage-backed securities (6) preferred securities and (7) money market desk (short-term securities including BB&T funding). The Equity Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) institutional block execution services (2) institutional distribution of proprietary research (3) providing proprietary access to industry leading conferences and management teams (4) serving as a NASDAQ market maker for over 250 securities (5) stock buybacks including 10b-18 and 10b5-1 trading plans and (6) 144 stock sales, individual 10b5-1 trading plans (buy and sell) and employee cashless stock option programs. BB&T Capital Markets provides research coverage of the communications, defense and government services, energy, financial services, furnishings and consumer durables, healthcare, industrial services, retail/consumer durables and transportation services sectors.

Regions Bank provides consumer and commercial banking, wealth management, mortgage, and insurance products and services. The company is headquartered in Birmingham, AL.

Saudi Arabian Investment Co. /Private Equity/ (Sanabil Investments) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabian Investment Co. founded in 2008. The firm is headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC (WFS) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of EVEREN Capital Corp., ultimately owned by Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). Headquartered in New York, WFS delivers a comprehensive suite of banking, capital markets and advisory solutions, such as a full complement of sales, trading and research capabilities, to corporate, government and institutional clients.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service North American financial services provider headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. BMO Capital Markets offers corporate, institutional and government clients access to a variety of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury and market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading.

Credit Suisse (New York Securities Branch) is based in New York, NY. Part of UBS Group AG, Credit Suisse (New York Securities Branch) is a company that provides investment banking and asset management services.

Evalueserve, Inc. is a global provider of AI-enhanced managed services. Its solutions uniquely combine expert services with domain-specific AI and have been recognized by analysts such as Forrester and Chartis. Evalueserve’s solutions include data analytics, insights & advisory, intellectual property & R&D, investment banking services, lending services, private equity services, and risk & compliance. These solutions are powered by Evalueserve’s modular AIRA (AI for Research and Analytics) ecosystem, which includes domain-specific accelerators, products, and platforms. Evalueserve experts use these tools to reduce time to value and integrated new solutions into existing workflows. Notable products and platforms include Insightsfirst, Insightloupe, Publishwise, Spreadsmart, and Compsbuilder. The company supports three categories of firms: financial services, corporates, and professional services. Specifically, this includes Investment Banks, Corporate & Commercial Banks, Asset & Wealth Management Firms, Private Equity & Venture Capital Firms, Index Providers, Technology & Telecom, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Manufacturing & Industrial Goods, Energy, Chemicals, CPG & Retail, Logistics & Transportation, Professional Service Firms, Consultancy & Advisory Firms, Legal Firms, Real Estate Firms, Education & EdTech Firms. The company was founded by Alok Aggarwal & Marc Vollenweider in 2000 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Optimal Technology Solutions LLC provides cloud-based communication tools. It offers SMS, virtual number and number masking, and verification solutions. The company was founded by Hassan Hamdan and Ahmed Hamdan in 2006 and is headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Alwans For Information Technology LLC invests in e-commerce, mobile and game development. The company was founded by Mosab Al-Othmani and Ahmad Al Zaini in 2010 and is headquartered in AlKhobar, Saudi Arabia.

Taqnia Investments (Taqnia) is a venture capital subsidiary of The Saudi Technology Development & Investment Co. founded in 2011. The firm is headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants, Inc. provides financial services. It offers curriculum for professional education, student recruitment efforts, financial literacy, and the annual CPA day of service.

Cherry Bekaert LLP engages in the provision of financial and management services. It offers services such as assurance, tax, advisory, cybersecurity, wealth management, consulting, and corporate tax planning strategies. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Richmond, VA.

Truist Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded in 1894 as SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. In 2020, the firm was renamed following the integration of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and BB&T Capital Markets. The firm is a subsidiary of Truist Financial Corp. (NYSE: TFC) and is an active market maker in equity and fixed-income products. Truist Securities delivers a comprehensive range of strategic advisory, capital raising, risk management, and financing solutions, as well as a dynamic suite of sales, trading, and research services in both fixed-income and equity. Their strategies are carefully tailored to meet the needs and vision of their clients.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Harsha Engineers Europe SRL engages in the manufacture of bearings, hollow bars, and precision castings. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Ghimbav, Romania.

Digitalsmiths Corp. provides video indexing and digital content publishing technology solutions. It also produces software for video search and recommendations. Its products include seamless discovery, which connects consumers to entertainment forms across channels and devices, and metaframe which creates, aggregates, and distributes data across media businesses. The company was founded by Ben Weinberger and Matthew Berry in 1998 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

The North Carolina Retirement Systems (NCRS) is a State-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. NCRS is a division of the Department of State Treasurer, and they administer the pension benefits for state and local government employees. NCRS also administers the Supplemental Retirement Plans (NC 401(k) and NC 457 Plans), retirement savings accounts designed to help public employees in North Carolina achieve their retirement goals.

Elite Conductors Ltd. is engaged in the business of manufacturing and supplying copper strips & wires. Its product portfolio includes paper covered copper wire, annealed bare copper wire, polyamide enameled round copper wire, oxygen free copper wire, winding copper wire, electrical copper wire and others. The company also offers copper wire flexible strips, paper insulated copper strip, PVC coated copper strip, earthing copper bonded rods, round copper rods. Elite Conductors was founded on March 20, 2006 and is headquartered in Ahmedabad, India.

Harsha Engineers BV operates as a financial holding Dutch company. The private company is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

JMC Capital Partners LLC (JMC Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Michael A. D’Amelio and G. Lawrence Bero. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.